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enKiryas Joel Files Suit Over Proposed Casino In Woodburyhttp://wamc.org/post/kiryas-joel-files-suit-over-proposed-casino-woodbury
<p></p><p></p><p>Less than two weeks after filing suit to halt a proposed casino project in one location, an Orange County village has filed a second lawsuit pertaining to another casino proposal in the county.</p><p>The Village of Kiryas Joel filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Woodbury town and village officials, Caesars Entertainment and partner Flaum Management and others, alleging failure to consider the environmental impact of a casino project. Paul Larrabee is spokesman for Kiryas Joel, which is near the site of Ceasars’ proposed casino.</p>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:14:39 +0000Allison Dunne97986 at http://wamc.orgKiryas Joel Files Suit Over Proposed Casino In WoodburyNY Congressman, Opponent Weigh In On Vote To Sue President Obamahttp://wamc.org/post/ny-congressman-opponent-weigh-vote-sue-president-obama
<p>The U.S. House of Representatives last week voted to sue President Obama over his decision to delay the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act. A New York congressman and his opponent offer differing views about the importance of the matter.</p><p>Congressman Chris Gibson was one of 225 Republicans who voted in favor of the lawsuit.</p><p>“And look, regardless of what party one’s in, this is in the best interest for our country,” says Gibson.</p>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:44:38 +0000Allison Dunne96313 at http://wamc.orgNY Congressman, Opponent Weigh In On Vote To Sue President ObamaCommunity Meeting: Defending The Poorhttp://wamc.org/post/community-meeting-defending-poor
<p></p><p></p><p>This year marks the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright in which the Supreme Court ruled, unanimously, that defendants in criminal cases deserved legal representation in state courts. If defendants could not afford counsel, the state would have to provide it. Those lawyers are known as public defenders.&nbsp;</p>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:36:00 +0000Dave Lucas79249 at http://wamc.orgCommunity Meeting: Defending The PoorFamily Awarded Millions in Motrin Lawsuithttp://wamc.org/post/family-awarded-millions-motrin-lawsuit
<p></p><p></p><p>BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts jury has found health care giant Johnson &amp; Johnson should pay a Massachusetts teenager and her parents $63 million after she suffered a life-threatening drug reaction when she took children's Motrin nearly a decade ago.</p><p></p><p>A Plymouth Superior Court jury on Wednesday decided that J&amp;J and its McNeil Laboratories subsidiary should pay Samantha Reckis and her parents a total of $109 million, including interest.</p>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:00:00 +0000Lucas Willard57777 at http://wamc.orgFamily Awarded Millions in Motrin LawsuitTrial in Mass. Foster Care Abuse Suit Beginshttp://wamc.org/post/trial-mass-foster-care-abuse-suit-begins
<p>BOSTON (AP) — Testimony has begun in a class-action lawsuit alleging that thousands of Massachusetts children in foster care have been abused and neglected.</p><p>The first witness Tuesday was a young woman who spent years in multiple foster homes.</p><p>Lauren James said she often did not get enough to eat, was forced to scrub floors and prescribed up to five psychiatric drugs at a time.</p><p>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:00:00 +0000Lucas Willard56268 at http://wamc.orgTrial in Mass. Foster Care Abuse Suit BeginsMass. court upholds dismissal of Medicaid lawsuitshttp://wamc.org/post/mass-court-upholds-dismissal-medicaid-lawsuits
<p>The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld the dismissal of lawsuits filed by seven Massachusetts hospitals and a managed healthcare organization that claimed they were shortchanged by the state's 2006 health care law.&nbsp;</p><p>In two separate lawsuits, Boston Medical Center and the other hospitals claimed that the state had violated its obligation to reimburse them for the reasonable costs incurred in providing medical services to MassHealth enrollees.</p>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:01:49 +0000Lucas Willard47917 at http://wamc.orgMass. court upholds dismissal of Medicaid lawsuitsVT Seeks Immunity from Workers' Overtime Lawsuithttp://wamc.org/post/vt-seeks-immunity-workers-overtime-lawsuit
<p>A federal judge has ruled that Vermont can try to assert it is immune from a lawsuit brought by more than 700 state employees.&nbsp; WAMC&rsquo;s Tristan O&rsquo;Neill reports&hellip;</p><p>The employees, ranging from social workers to foresters, sued in 2010, saying the state was paying their regular hourly rate when they worked more than 40 hours a week, when it should have been paying time-and-a-half.</p>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:05:52 +0000Tristan O'Neill42473 at http://wamc.orgVT Seeks Immunity from Workers' Overtime LawsuitNY Top Court Rejects Claim from Bad Investmenthttp://wamc.org/post/ny-top-court-rejects-claim-bad-investment
<p>New York&#39;s top court has rejected a request by French investors to reinstate their lawsuit over losing $43 million out of $50 million they put into two structured investment vehicles. WAMC&rsquo;s Dave Lucas reports.</p><p>The investors claim Barclays Bank, Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s and two management companies were complicit in leaving investors with plummeting securities shortly before the Wall Street collapse.</p>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:40:52 +0000Dave Lucas42015 at http://wamc.orgNY Top Court Rejects Claim from Bad InvestmentBank Sues Curt Schilling for $2.4Mhttp://wamc.org/post/bank-sues-curt-schilling-24m
<p>A bank has sued Curt Schilling to recover $2.4 million in loans it made to the former Boston Red Sox pitcher&#39;s video game company. WAMC&rsquo;s Lucas Willard reports&hellip;</p><p>The Boston Globe reports that RBS Citizens, better known as Citizens Bank, says Schilling personally guaranteed the debt to the bank but has &quot;failed and refused&quot; to pay it.</p>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:17:07 +0000Lucas Willard41065 at http://wamc.orgBank Sues Curt Schilling for $2.4MShareholders Sue JPMorgan over $2B Trading Losshttp://wamc.org/post/shareholders-sue-jpmorgan-over-2b-trading-loss
<p>Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. have filed two lawsuits against the nation&#39;s biggest bank, accusing it and its leaders of taking excessive risk and causing a monumental $2 billion trading loss. WAMC&rsquo;s Dave Lucas reports&hellip;</p><p>The company disclosed the loss last week, saying it resulted from a failed hedging strategy.</p><p>The lawsuits filed on Wednesday in New York claim JPMorgan changed its risk model without telling investors. They say the shift led to the losses and claim company leaders misled investors.</p>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:41:56 +0000Dave Lucas39175 at http://wamc.orgShareholders Sue JPMorgan over $2B Trading Loss